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Married Life

PG-13 Released Mar 7, 2008 1h 30m Crime Drama Romance List
55% Tomatometer 117 Reviews 36% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
After many years of marriage, Harry Allen (Chris Cooper) falls in love with lovely Kay Nesbitt (Rachel McAdams). Harry plots to kill his wife, Pat (Patricia Clarkson), because he feels divorce would be too hard on her. Meanwhile, his roguish best friend, Richard (Pierce Brosnan), is also in love with Kay and would like nothing better than to steal her out from under Harry's nose.
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Married Life has excellent performances and flashes of dark wit, but it suffers from tonal shifts and uneven pacing.

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Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Rated: 4/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle One of the more ethically dubious films to come out of Hollywood in years. Rated: 3/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard It's a good cast, with Cooper outstanding, but Sachs's direction is stodgy and the screenplay is grindingly self-conscious. Rated: 2/5 Aug 1, 2008 Full Review Dan Sallitt Senses of Cinema Failing to orient itself in any way, it becomes a vacuum, a rote recitation of the mechanics of the murder plot. Oct 12, 2018 Full Review Laura Hiros Rincón de cine The United States' well-off middle class of the 1950s, its taboos, stereotypes and lifestyles, are reflected in this interesting and harsh film. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Mar 22, 2018 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion The roundelay structure and Hitchcockian nods could have easily given way to a sardonic puppet theater, but Sachs and screenwriter Oren Moverman care too much about their characters to turn them into pawns Aug 27, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Slow, boring, predictable zoom camera to get you in moment, super vapid, heavy feminist, low key lesbos, just plain garbage. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I went into this one looking for something along the lines of the Coen Brothers film The Man Who Wasn't There, but Lord was this just boring! The idea that a man wants out of his marriage so badly that he's willing to kill his wife is the stuff of many Film Noirs, but the execution here was just dull and un-engaging from start to finish. The performances are okay, if you want to watch some boring folks going about their lives with very little change by he time it wraps up. Rental? At best? Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review troy k Kind of boring, but not a terrible movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Hyvät näyttelijät, tylsä leffa... (Suom. Married life - Avioelämää) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked this movie, it wasn't what I expected. It has it's own unique charm. A bit drastic in some ways, but still good. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member The cast was perfect for this film. Almost forget the other movies and TV shows they have done. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After many years of marriage, Harry Allen (Chris Cooper) falls in love with lovely Kay Nesbitt (Rachel McAdams). Harry plots to kill his wife, Pat (Patricia Clarkson), because he feels divorce would be too hard on her. Meanwhile, his roguish best friend, Richard (Pierce Brosnan), is also in love with Kay and would like nothing better than to steal her out from under Harry's nose.
Director
Ira Sachs
Producer
Sidney Kimmel, Jawal Nga, Steve Golin, Ira Sachs
Screenwriter
Oren Moverman, Ira Sachs
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Anonymous Content, Firm Films
Rating
PG-13 (Some Thematic Elements|Scene of Sexuality)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 7, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5M
Runtime
1h 30m
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